[BRLTTY] Simultaneous Keyboard, Mouse and Braille Display device Usage (General clarification)

[Siju Samuel]

Thanks a lot. Very useful insight.  Yes I was using Bluetooth for
connecting to ipad.


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:

> [quoted lines by Siju Samuel on 2014/02/04 at 13:04 -0600]
>
> >In general is it expected the mouse, keyboard and braille display device
> to
> >work   simultaneously ?  Especially when we input characters though
> braille
> >display,  is it expected the input  chars can be made though key board as
> >well? What is the general user expectation.
>
> While it's probably rather presumptuous for any of us to speak on behalf of
> everyone, my own opinion is that it probably depends on the environment.
> For
> example, when using a desktop or laptop I believe the expectation would be
> that
> they all work together and that none of them precludes the use of the
> others.
> In other words, connecting a braille device which has a keyboard shouldn't
> disable the computer's keyboard.
>
> >I noticed in IOS ( ipad) when the  braille option  turned on  it is not
> > providing an option to  get touch-screen-keyboard.
>
> This is a different issue. My guess is that the very same thing happens if
> you're using a Bluetooth keyboard with iOS. The issue, in this case, is
> screen
> usage. An on-screen keyboard consumes a fair amount of the area of the
> screen
> on a small device. These platforms, therefore, tend to be designed so that
> half
> (or maybe even more) of the screen isn't hidden by an on-screen keyboard
> if an
> external keyboard is connected.
>
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